云冈石窟大多数石窟完成于北魏迁都洛阳前。大约在公元460年，一个叫昙曜的和尚来到了云冈。当时武州山一片荒凉，有的只是山前的小河汩汩流淌。河里的水很清但冰凉，河内无鱼。昙曜在进行了观察之后，觉得风水不错。不多久他便带领一群工匠开始在这里按照昙曜法师的设计建寺造像。著名的“昙曜五窟”所雕刻5尊4至5层楼高的大石佛，就是按照“皇帝即如来”的旨意，把北魏太祖以来的5位帝王形象搬到山崖的释迦牟尼佛身上。
CHAPTER I ENIGMAS OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
CHAPTER II THE SOUL OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
CHAPTER III THE AFFECTION OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
CHAPTER IV LIGHT OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
CHAPTER V FALL OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
CHAPTER VI RHYTHMS OF THE YUNGANG GROTTOES
聂还贵，A Chinese writer and scholar with a number of works: A Dynasty Carved on Stone， which is a pioneer academic prose; Datong， An Ancient Capital City of China， which is honored as "the first biography of a city"， Wild Wolf， a short story; Interpreting the Fallen Leaves from Eight Perspectives， an essay that has been included in the state teaching materials and textbooks and adopted in the examination paper. Some works have been translated into English， German and japanese.
